Zero reason to be run focused with Caliendo at LG and Thuney at LT.


Yes, we need to run well but the pass should set those up.

If not for 3 turnovers, they would have had 200+ yards easy.

The Ravens stepped on their own dicks more than Buffalo doing anything to stop them.


I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on our definition of 'contained'.

I'm also tired of hearing about Buffalo's 6th OL and how it'll mess up the D, Leo Chenal can take on an OL, having him actually makes this is a questionable decision for Buffalo.

Bills are lucky Henry dropped that dump off...that was likely a TD....and Andrews dropped the 2 pointer.

Ravens were kicking their ass in the 2nd half and had the momentum. If not for self-inflicted errors, this thread doesn't exist.

Caught Baltimore on a bad day...I wouldn't be feeling all that great if I were them.

Add to that, that BOGUS DPI that set up Buffalo's 3rd TD. That was clearly an OPI & the Ravens got screwed on that one.

But, you are right, Buffalo fans should NOT be feeling good about that game.

I'm pretty sure they'd take that win any way they could get it and feel great about it.

same kind of thing they were saying about Chiefs all year :shake:

Low T guys love Buffalo.

This guy was on with Mina Kimes and said there was no doubt who he was picking.


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What strikes me is how these analytics bros love looking at regular season stats and don't think playoff football is any different.

Remember when you said Buffalo would beat KC last time around in the AFC Championship game because all those points they were dropping on shit teams that quit in December?


ROFL


You are a very slow learner. Like the rest of the reerun Buffalo fans.

no

So be aggressive on defense.

That's why I hate this sit and wait shit that teams do against Buffalo. It ALLOWS them to go on those grind it out drives.

Get after them. Come crashing into the run lanes to force Cook to make a fast decision and if he gets out wide we have the tackling in our secondary to clean that up.

And if they break one, they break one. Send the offense back out there to continue to attack that secondary.

All these years people have been talking about shortening the game against the Chiefs and we have people wanting to do that job FOR them.

No -- don't shorten the game. Make this a 14 possession game instead of an 8 possession game. Get aggressive on both sides of the ball and make them outplay, out-execute and/or out-talent us.

I have no reason to assume they can do any of those things.

They already have, but of course, they don't make any reference to that bogus DPI call. Bills fans aren't any better than Donktards.

That 5.9 yards per carry was just slightly higher than their season average.

Which means, it was a matter of attempts not efficiency that held them slightly under their season total average.

We can almost certainly attribute the lesser number of attempts to 3 drives ending prematurely due to turnovers.

Amen.



Mahomes is a better QB than Allen. We make them more equal by playing less possessions and turning it into a slug fest where Allen is a much better Fullback than Mahomes.


Turn this into a shootout and force Allen to go throw for throw with Mahomes.


Buffalo offense takes the ball more out of Allen's hands and everyone wants to congratulate Joshy. Screw that.

People seem to forget that the Chiefs are the healthy home team.

Be aggressive and see if Buffalo can keep up.

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THIS !!

Get it? Got it? Good !!

Don't play Buffalo's game, let the Chiefs play their game, like they did in Pittsburgh on XMAS day.

Right!

We've gotten so used to this idea that we need to ugly up games to win from back when we had nothing to throw to and/or everyone was scared of the OL collapsing.

Well we have weapons now. We have 'post-season Pat'. We have Kelce playing at 100%. We have what we're going to have on the OL.

We need to get back to the mindset we had in August when we looked at this team as a team that's capable of being aggressive in all phases.

We have an underdogs mindset trying to find these small areas where we can win in the margins.

**** that - we're better than them. Go prove it.

Bury the bastards.

Leave no doubt.

Worst pair of SAFETIES IN THE LEAGUE! CROSS THE PLANE! TOUCHDOWN!

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This team won 15 out of its first 16 ****ing games to earn that bye.

Use it to our advantage!!!

Long slow drives wear down the guys on the field, BUT they give long rests to the guys who aren’t on the field. Play conservative defensively and Buffalo can do the same to our defense.

I want a full court press, not a 2-3 zone. I want fast breaks, not a 4 corners offense.

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What they were saying and what happened are two different things.

The Bills had as much luck in one game as KC has all season.

Oh I don't mean run the ball. I mean feast in the middle of the field and short passing game.

Soooo can Benford play or no?

he's just listed as "Questionable" on Friday's last report. Unlikely to see more news until game day, but questionable usually plays, doubtful usually doesnt

Intermediate middle of the field is WIDE open for Buffalo.


We can use Worthy on some misdirection but he should not be doing volume short throws to the sidelines.

It was 24 of 29 or 83%.

The league average is about 49%.

Watching the Chiefs-Bills 2021 Divisional 13 seconds game on NFL Network (you know, the best game ever)…

NEver get enough of that game

Goff did it in Mexico. What happened to Joshie

That one TD pass was awesome.

Translation: we're going to cheat the concussion protocol again this week.

You're supposed to be full practice at least once before being cleared. Benford was conveniently listed as DNP for personal reasons. It's a loophole that they're exploiting because it's the playoffs. They wouldn't be able to do it during the regular season.

Bills secondary is going to get torched. KC has too much speed. Expecting Mahomes to light it up with deep throws. Early lead for Chiefs in a big double-digit win over Allen & the Bills. Mahomes will then win AGAIN in the SB over the Iggles. Thus cementing his position as THE GOAT.

[Allen might beat Mahomes on the links this summer as he'll have more practice time.]

Blitzing Buffalos I guess

Shhhh. We can't talk about that, we're talking about how the Chiefs get all the calls right now. :p

Yeah I think we’re gonna see a healthy dose of 11 personnel with Worthy lining up in the backfield on some of those plays.

Andy’s gonna **** with their LB’s with extreme prejudice. Hollywood and Worthy’s speed is gonna be a force multiplier to those playcalls.

Go ahead and bracket Kelce. It’s only gonna open up a bunch of space for these speed demons.

Kind of makes you wonder if that was part of the script to feed Kelce last week and essentially ignore the wrs.

Just saw on X that Cole Bishop’s Passer Rating when targeted is 109.6 LMAO

A couple of things that stand out in my mind about this game.

1 - Allen vs Mahomes. Josh is known to do stupid things when he gets put behind the 8-ball. He has done very well this year at keeping those dumb plays out, but it's always there in his mind. His likelihood to choke might get pretty high if the Chiefs can get a good lead. OTOH, Mahomes is famous for his calm when the pressure is on. He makes good decisions and doesn't turn the ball over. He doesn't choke.

Statistic to prove my point? Josh Allen has 0 4th quarter comebacks and 0 game winning drives in the playoffs. Mahomes has 5 4th quarter comebacks and 6 game-winning drives. This is why Mahomes has postseason trophies and Allen does not.

2 - The Bills seem much too confident. This is just a feeling, but they seem like they have taken far too much from the regular season game. The game was a "must-win" for the Bills insofar as the race for the #1 seed was concerned and not nearly so important to the Chiefs. That is not to say that the Chiefs weren't trying, but they sure as hell weren't going to sacrifice any future to win that particular game.

I believe that the confidence we see from the Bills fans is indicative of how the team feels too. I don't think they have really considered the idea that there might be some reason why they often manage to beat the Chiefs in the regular season, yet lose to them in the playoffs. They were very, very confident in beating the Chiefs up in Buffalo last year too.

I think the Chiefs are going to win this game and the Bills will be crying, again, about how they were so close and that they're just as good as the Chiefs. They're not, but that is the one thing they will refuse to consider.

I'm feeling more confident.

What are the odds this is a 10+ point Chiefs win? I'm thinking 25-30%.

WHEN CHIEFS ARE ON OFFENSE
I think our Offense will have a plan for the Bills great defensive line, and I also think their secondary will be challenged. I feel like there should be a handful of designed of deep rollouts for Patrick (with blockers and protection on that side) to give him time to exploit their secondary or check down.

If we sit in the pocket all game and expect our O-line to hold up against Oliver for 3+ seconds, we're in trouble. Reid, Nagy and Mahomes have to know this as the develop the gameplan.


WHEN CHIEFS ARE ON DEFENSE
On Defense, I think the best plan is to be aggressive as **** to A) stop the run quickly, and B) hurry Josh's clock. Sure, Cook or Josh might get loose on one or two. But if we are conservative, Josh can improvise with the best of them if given time. With Watson back, the Bills will have to pick their poison on who they want to throw at. Last game they just picked on Johnson and avoided McDuffie, and that's not an option this time.

If Josh has to make fast decisions within the context of the play that is called, instead of improv-ing and waiting for something to open up, our coverage should hold up.

As for how we cover TE's across the middle of the field, my hope is that Spags has a plan, because that's our toughest matchup.

This. I think we win either way but how we win depends on which version of Mahomes we get. If we get his 2023/24 version, we'll win 24-21. If we get classic Mahomes, I don't see any way Bills keep it within 2 scores. My prediction is 44-24 in that scenario.

God I want a blowout win so bad after the past week of crying by bandwagon bills "fans" about officiating and about Mahomes.

It's the perfect time for this team to finally blow out a quality opponent in the playoffs.

Someone placed a $1.3M money-line wager on KC.

I agree. When the Bills go in jumbo or put more blockers out there, I hope Spags blitzes every time. Put McDuffie and Watson outside, disguise cover 2 to single high and just wreck him.

Blitz the running lanes and force Allen to make a quick decision with a low percentage throw.

If it was ever going to happen, now is definitely the time. This team is one win away from a chance to make history, and yet they've been doubted more than ever before.

Just come out and lay an ass whooping that will make Washington and Philly both just not even want to show up for the Super Bowl. It needs to occur.

Not sure why, but I'm feeling oddly confident in a 2 score win. Minimum 10 points. I just feel like this team has been quietly ramping up all year. Yes it's the playoffs, and yes the Bills are the best in the AFC not named the Chiefs, but they are not as good as the Chiefs. Patrick is a man driven by legacy and making his mark. A 3 peat opportunity comes once every never. I don't see him wasting it, same with the rest of the team. Especially the "old guys" like Kelce and Jones. Also, guys like DHop and Hollywood who have this chance to finally win a ring. I hope DHop goes the **** OFF...

Then you have the 22 draft class who have never NOT won a Super Bowl...

This team just knows how to win and they are built for it. Now is the time...

I listened to their Locked on podcast otw home today. The guy they have obviously really only knows about the Bills, and not what or how our games have gone aside from the stats. Also constantly talking about week 11, despite both teams having lots of players that didn’t play in that game.

Did say he was worried about lack of film on Hollywood and how we’re going to use him. Talked about how our run defense has been declining some since week 11, but that’s without the context of those games. Obviously thinks TEs will be an issue for us. Also mentioned Remigio had 9 return fumbles in college and thought they might try to key in on that. Didn’t really say anything about their injuries or how it could create some issues for them.

That's only going to pay out ~1 MM

But rigged and refs so it's basically free money :thumb:

No rooting for an injury but with them doing that and he gets f'd up. Heads will roll for abusing the loophole.

What is very interesting to me is the inability to account for personnel changes and adjustments and how that might have affected the regular season.

If you’re running just a stats based analysis on the whole season, yeah, the Chiefs don’t look impressive. If you are looking at the whole picture, you see a team that played most of the season without Rashee Rice, that only got DeAndre Hopkins as a replacement midseason, that only got Brown back for the final 3 games of the year (and he didn’t play in one of them). And you see a Buffalo team that is injured in some spots that make KC a tough matchup for them.

If KC can handle Buffalo up front, the Bills are going to either (1) need to win a shootout when the Bills and Josh Allen out-coach and out-play Mahomes or (2) get lucky with turnovers to win.

Yeah, the Bills can win. They’re good. But their paths to victory and advantages are not as varied or obvious as some are acting.

I was pleased to see the weather looks decent. The last thing we want is to get into a rock fight with Josh Allen and that line IMOP. I agree with you...I think we should spread them out and sling it and force them to push the envelope when they're on offense. If the Bills can get away with a 20-17 type 3 yards and a cloud of dust running game with Allen converting 3rd and 4th and short you're damn right they're content with that this year.

Ray Davis didn’t log a full practice last week and played on Sunday. LMAO

Bills are just loopholing their ass off.

I think the Houston game soured a lot of media on us.

Because our offense that had started to click looked pedestrian again.


But I think there are two major factors.


Houston Defense was playing great, they have absolute stars that Buffalo does not have. Ed Oliver is not a Danielle Hunter or a Will Anderson. Buffalo does not have 2 lock down corners.

Game script was to play conservative and win with defense.

What's so awesome about Mahomes is his ability to dig into his classic bag if the situation calls for it, especially in the playoffs.

Officially starting to have that Dec 23/24 pre-Christmas feel. A game that finally matters, a lot.

Enjoy these days.

These silly bastards have clearly never been to a playoff game at Arrowhead.

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Mahomes needs to see this! Do your thing Clay!

It has been 11,703 days since the Buffalo Bills won a road playoff game.

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Chiefs turned it over twice in a loss when they played in November

I’m horny!!

BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

These ****ing guys think they're going to a high school football game?

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And then you get this bullshit. Hasn’t put on the cape?

How about the amazing TD pass six days ago that clinched the game, effectively?

If they play Mr Brightside, Mizzou fans shouting **** ku will be louder than Bills fans.

CONS

Caliendo at LG against a good Beefalo interior

Mahomes is barely over .500 with Blakeman at 6-5

We are being RELENTLESSLY hounded in the media about our supposed ref advantage

- - -

PROS

Patrick Mahomes

Cozy confines of Arrowhead

A full complement of offensive skill players plus Jaylen Watson back with a game under his belt

What can you say, its all shaping up like another just like all the others with these guys... butt puckering drama til the bitter end

He doesn't care about facts. He has an agenda to push.

Reality:

#Chiefs Mike Caliendo vs Texans in AFC Divisonal Rd matchup:

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The only thing standing in Mahomes' way of an opportunity to threepeat is a banged-up defense that was already one of the worst in the league down the stretch.

We know how badly he wants it, and he has a full complement of weapons. He might score on every drive.

This mans dooming days are done.

Imagine being a coward and having to explain to Andy Reid why you didn’t believe while he ****s your wife.

is that...real

It's so real.

1976 Steelers: Lost on the Road
1990 49ers: Devastating QB injury
1994 Cowboys: Lost on the Road

It's not happening to this team.

History will be ours.

1/3 done with AFCCG trailer.

It will be way nerdy.

WAY.

Oh please please please let soggy Shane be in it

Ummmm what? He did everything he could to win the :13 second game while doing what you said he never has done. He lost because his defense couldn’t keep the Chiefs from getting into FG range. Then his team lost the coin toss in overtime and his defense couldn’t stop KC from scoring the game winning TD.

I get the Allen hate and mockery, but to say that he never did it while “technically” true is misleading.

Allen has been hardly hit this year unless he runs. We must getnktessure and Watson and Dugg gotta lock them down. We didn't have Watson the first game. He will be a big player this time for us to win.

They're not my numbers. I took all of that information from pro-football reference.

ETA - Here is the page that lists all of his 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives. None are in the playoffs.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...layer=AlleJo02

I get it, but context matters. It’s like blaming Mahomes in his first AFCCG for not having a game winning drive. Sometimes the QB does all that he can do and it’s still not enough. That’s not an indictment on the QB. Allen has been bad in some playoff games, but the :13 second game is not one of them.